All is set for Chiwanja Cha Ayao Cultural Festival on Saturday, in Mangochi where State President, Lazarus Chakwera, Vice President, Saulos Chilima, former presidents Bakili Muluzi, Joyce Banda and Peter Mutharika are expected to share the high table.
Chiwanja Cha Ayao Chairperson, Abdul Azizi Kennedy Yasin disclosed this in an interview with Malawi News Agency in Mangochi on Wednesday ahead of the first ever Yao festival.
The Chiwanja Cha Ayao chairperson added that delegates from both Mozambique and Tanzania will also attend the cultural festival whose theme is ‘Promoting Development through Culture’
“During the event, we are going to showcase how our Yao forefathers used to dress, their food, display of art through drama, poetry, songs that will depict Yao culture,” Yassin, said, adding that there will also be a parade of Yao chiefs to spice the festivities.
He said the Chiwanja Cha Ayao which was established around 2019 will promote national unity, adding that “Cultural events like these will testify our strength in cultural diversity such that we are going to teach the new generation cultural our norms”.
He therefore called on Yaos from all corners of the country to attend the event to show their unity.
